Monday, March 26

blog discussion day!

no assigned blog this week!

US Homefront:

USO-United Service Organizations

1. Selective Training and Service Act

2. Women's role in WWII

Rosie the Riveter; represented women workers in WWII
after WWI women got the right to vote
women working in factories is one of the biggest things they did in WWII
nursing is another major thing women did in WWII
farmers, sales people, waitresses, taxi drivers, elevator operaters, teachers, conductors, etc. -were many different jobs women did during WWII
every branch in the government had women roles.
canning foods was big in WWII
telegraph for the navy (waving)
WASP-womens army service pilots

3. African-American's role in WWII

more than half a million AA served in Europe
were not allowed in units with white soldiers
classified as unfit
civil rights leaders set up an experiment to prove that AA can do it
200 missions tuskegge airman never lost a bomber so that really proved to people that AA can do it.
now that people can see a difference in AA whites and blacks work together

4. Asian's role in WWII

wore buttons to tell people who they were because they looked soo much alike
2 groups: 442nd regimental combat team and 100th infantry battalion became known as purple heart battalion
several japannese- americans volunteered to be inturpreteres in the pacific theatre

5. Hollywood's role in WWII

6. Office of Price Administration

maintained the prices of household items during the war
limiting on how much people could buy. did so by giving food stamps (colored)
for how much product they bought they would get stamps
were not allowed to give others your stamps
used it so soldiers would have enough supplies and allies (everyone had to cut back)
if something happens to you, the stamps are given back to ration government.. you CAN NOT give away your stamps under any circumstance
food, gas, etc. were all rationed
stickers A,B,C

7. War Production Board

8. National War Labor Board

9. Why the Homefront helped win the war

10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats

11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic

12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)

13. Battle in Africa and Italy

14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley

15. D-Day-Operation Overlord

16. Battle of the Bulge

17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over

18. VE Day

19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,

20. Navajo Code Talkers

21. Doolittle's Raid

22. Manhattan Project

23. Hiroshima bombing

24. Nagasaki bombing

25. VJ Day

26. Yalta Conference

27. Nuremburg Trials

28. Japanese Internment Camps in US

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